Sujal Bista (सुजल बिस्ट)


Department of Computer Science,

University of Maryland,

College Park, MD 20742

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(Resume)

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

1.    3D graphics rendering and visualization

 

2.    Depth perception and image saliency

 

3.    Medical/MRI visualization

 

4.    Distributed rendering and GPU based optimizations

 

5.    Spatial databases

 

6.    Geographic information systems

 

7.    Multi-view/Light field rendering

 

8.    3D displays

9.    Augmented reality

 

 

 

 

AWARDS

 

1.    Larry S. Davis Doctoral Dissertation Award, best dissertation in the CS department, 2014.

2.    IEEE SciVis best paper award, 2014.

3.    ASME CIE best paper award, 2012.

 

4.    Charley V. Wootan award for the best paper in the area of transportation policy and organization, 2007.

 

5.    Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship (2001-2002) (2003-2004)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS   

1.     

Visual Knowledge Discovery for Diffusion Kurtosis Datasets of the Human Brain.

Sujal Bista, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao P. Gullapalli, and Amitabh Varshney.

[Under review], 2015.

 

 

2.     

Kinetic depth images: Flexible generation of depth perception.

Sujal Bista, Icaro Lins Leitao da Cunha, and Amitabh Varshney.

[Under review], 2015.

 

 

3.     

Visualization of Brain Microstructure through Spherical Harmonics Illumination of High Fidelity Spatio-Angular Fields.

Sujal Bista, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao P. Gullapalli, and Amitabh Varshney.

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), pp. 2516-2525, Dec. 2014.

[Best Paper Award]

 

 

(paper)

(video)

(slides)

(code)

4.     

Using GPUs for realtime prediction of optical forces on microsphere ensembles,

Sujal Bista, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra. K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney.

ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 13(3), pp. 031002-031002, Apr. 2013.

 

 

(paper)

(video)

(slides)

 

5.     

Using GPUs for Realtime Prediction of Optical Forces on Microsphere Ensembles,

Sujal Bista, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney.

Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE, 2012.

[Best Paper Award]

 

(paper)

(video)

(slides)

 

6.     

Speeding up Particle Trajectory Simulations under Moving Force Fields using GPUs,

Rob Patro, John P. Dickerson, Sujal Bista, Satyandra K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney,

ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2012.

 

(paper)

 

7.     

MDMap: A System for Data-Driven Layout and Exploration of Molecular Dynamics Simulations,

Robert Patro, Cheuk Yiu Ip, Sujal Bista, Samuel Cho, Dave Thirumalai, Amitabh Varshney,

IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization, 2011.

 

(paper)

(video)

 

8.     

Social Snapshot: A System for Temporally Coupled Social Photograph,

Robert Patro, Cheuk Yiu Ip, Sujal Bista, and Amitabh Varshney,

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 31(1), pp. 74-84, 2011.

 

(paper)

(video)

 

9.     

Global contours. Sujal Bista and Amitabh Varshney.

UMIACS Technical Report, CS-TR-4957, 2010/05/05/ 2010.

 

(paper)

 

10.  

Wide-area, Four-Dimensional, Real-time, Interactive Transportation System Visualization,

Michael L. Pack, Phillip Weisberg, and Sujal Bista,

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp. 97-108, 2007.

[Best Paper Award]

 

(paper)

(video)

(link)

 

11.  

Four-Dimensional Interactive Visualization System for Transportation Management and Traveler Information,

Michael L. Pack, Phillip Weisberg, and Sujal Bista,

Human Performance, Simulation and Visualization: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp. 152-158, 2005.

 

(paper)

(link)

 

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES

Weight Lifting

1.    5th in 56kg men US National Weightlifting Championships 2012

2.    1st in 56kg men Maryland State Weightlifting Championships 2011

 

Wushu

1.    2nd in Int. Changquan in USAWKF National Championships 2005

2.    2nd in Int. Staff in USAWKF National Championships 2005

3.    2nd in Int. Changquan in 8th International Wushu-Kungfu Festival & Championships 2004

4.    2nd in Int. Mantis in 8th International Wushu-Kungfu Festival & Championships 2004

5.    2nd in Int. Staff in 8th International Wushu-Kungfu Festival & Championships 2004

6.    3rd in Int. Changquan in 8th Annual Collegiate Wushu Championship 2004

7.    Terp Wushu Club

a.     President, Spring 2004- Fall 2004: Lead Chinese martial arts club.

b.    Vice -President, Fall 2003

8.    Programmed and managed Wushu Judging Software (2005-current) that is used in various tournaments including Wushu Collegiate, Annual Wushu Games, and Wushu National Team Trials.